How Vida Blue's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Vida Blue posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .237, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1970, posting .152, well below the starting pitcher average of .253 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at .286, near the starting pitcher average of .263 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .286 in 1983 to .240 in 1985 and .239 in 1986. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.
Vida Blue Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Vida Blue
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Opposing Batting Average | Vida Blue
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.237 | 0.269 |
| Season Avg. | 0.237 | 0.269 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.237 | 0.269 |
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Vida Blue Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Vida Blue's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Vida Blue Opposing Batting Average by Team
Vida Blue's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Vida Blue Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Vida Blue's career Opposing Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Vida Blue Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Vida Blue's seasonal Opposing Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Vida Blue Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Vida Blue's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
